In 1991-92, Rhett Warrener played his first two major junior games with the WHL's Saskatoon Blades. The following season, he joined the Blades full time and scored 19 points as a WHL rookie. In 1993-94, Warrener scored 26 points in 61 games; in 1994-95, he scored 13 goals and 39 points in 66 points. In 1995-96, he played nine games for the AHL's Carolina Monarchs.

The Florida Panthers selected Warrener in the 2nd round, 27th overall, in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He went on to appear in 28 games that rookie season as the Panthers made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. In the post-season, he helped the Panthers win the Prince of Wales Trophy in the Eastern Conference finals before losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup final. During the 1998-99 season, Warrener was traded to the Buffalo Sabres. Upon his arrival with the Sabres, Warrener was a key player in the club's playoff run, he helped the Sabres win the Prince of Wales Trophy in the Eastern Conference finals before losing to the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup finals.

The Shaunavan, Saskatchewan native posted a career high 19 points in 2000-01 and continued to play a strong game until injuries limited him to 65 games in 2001-02 and 50 games the following year. In the summer of 2003, Warrener was acquired by the Calgary Flames and was for the third time in his career was a Stanley Cup finalist, as the Flames fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning in a hard-fought seven game series.

On the international stage, Warrener won a bronze medal with Canada's under-18 junior team at the 1993 Pacific Cup and then won a gold medal with Canada at the 1996 World Junior Championships.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1991-92

Saskatoon Blazers

SMHL

33

6

5

11

71

1991-92

Saskatoon Blades

WHL

2

0

0

0

0

1992-93

Saskatoon Blades

WHL

68

2

17

19

100

9

0

0

0

14

1992-93

Canada

U-18

5

0

0

0

0

1993-94

Saskatoon Blades

WHL

61

7

19

26

131

16

0

5

5

33

1994-95

Saskatoon Blades

WHL

66

13

26

39

137

10

0

3

3

6

1995-96

Florida Panthers

NHL

28

0

3

3

46

+4

21

0

1

1

0

1995-96

Canada

WJC-A

6

0

0

0

4

1995-96

Carolina Panthers

AHL

9

0

0

0

4

1996-97

Florida Panthers

NHL

62

4

9

13

88

+20

5

0

0

0

0

1997-98

Florida Panthers

NHL

79

0

4

4

99

-16

1998-99

Florida Panthers

NHL

48

0

7

7

64

-1

1998-99

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

13

1

0

1

20

+3

20

1

3

4

32

1999-00

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

61

0

3

3

89

+18

5

0

0

0

2

2000-01

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

77

3

16

19

78

+10

13

0

2

2

4

2001-02

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

65

5

5

10

113

+15

2002-03

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

50

0

9

9

63

+1

2003-04

Calgary Flames

NHL

77

3

14

17

97

+8

24

0

1

1

6

2004-05

2005-06

Calgary Flames

NHL

61

3

3

6

54

+7

7

0

0

0

14

2006-07

Calgary Flames

NHL

62

4

6

10

67

+6

6

0

0

0

10

2007-08

Calgary Flames

NHL

31

1

3

4

21

-2

NHL Totals

714

24

82

106

899

101

1

7

8

68

Traded to Buffalo by Florida with Florida's 5th round pick (Ryan Miller) in 1999 NHL Draft for Mike Wilson, March 23, 1999. Traded to Calgary by Buffalo with Steve Reinprecht for Chris Drury and Steve Begin, July 3, 2003. Missed majority of 2007-08 due to leg and foot injuries. Missed entire 2008-09 season due to recurring shoulder injury and follow-up surgery, November 14, 2008.